Between films focusing on dysfunctional futures, police excesses, brain damage, political oppression, climate fraud, cancer, and unjust imprisonment, Anthem Film Festival director Jo Ann Skousen worked in a few films that inspired giggles and guffaws. Thank you, Jo Ann.
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Anthem Film Festival: Lenny Bruce, Gilbert Gottfried, and Penn Jillette vs. the Outrage Mob in ‘Can We Take a Joke’
We are reaching peak crazy. There are two possible outcomes. We get trampled or the rest of us wake up and start fighting the people who are trying to stifle free speech.
Read More »Movie Review: Noah Pritzker’s ‘Quitters’
Pritzker’s assured feature film debut is a quietly chilly portrait of a family in disrepair.
Read More »Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Hooligan Sparrow,’ A Filmmaker Goes Undercover
Would you be incarcerated to fight injustice?
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Coen Brothers’ Loopy ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Gives Old Hollywood the Old What For
Another winning addition to the rapidly growing arsenal of why the Coen brothers continue to be two of the most rightfully lauded filmmakers today.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Family Fang’ – Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman & Christopher Walken
"The Family Fang is the best kind of art film - it has no pretensions to anything beyond telling its story and does so in the simplest and most straightforward manner it can.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘How to Let Go of The World’ Written/Directed by Josh Fox
If the planet's temperature rises by 2 degrees, what climate impact will that have on coastal cities like New York and Miami? Tune in to HBO tonight for "How to Let Go of the World"
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Only Angels Have Wings’ – The Criterion Collection
Howard Hawks' masterpiece makes another landing to home video. But this time, the presentation is nothing short of divine.
Read More »LA Film Festival Review: ‘Olympic Pride, American Prejudice,’ Narrated by Blair Underwood
"Olympic Price, American Predjudice" explores the real story behind the 1936 Olympics, Hitler and 18 African Americans who represented the Olympic Team USA.
Read More »Dances with Films Reviews: ‘Wolf Mother’ and ‘I Live For You’
There seems to be a new meme in indie film: scary ladies. “Danger: Crazy Lady Ahead” award goes to a pair of films shown at the Dances With Films Festival.
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